List of UConn Huskies men's basketball head coaches

Dan Hurley, head coach of the UConn Huskies men's basketball team, departs for the 2023 NCAA Final Four during a send-off ceremony at Storrs, Connecticut, on March 29, 2023.
Dan Hurley, the current head coach of the UConn Huskies.
Jim Calhoun, then head basketball coach of the UConn Huskies men's basketball team, at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn, Maryland, on December 23, 2003.
Jim Calhoun, the winningest head coach in Huskies men's basketball history.

The following is a list of UConn Huskies men's basketball head coaches. There have been 19 head coaches of the Huskies in their 121-season history.

UConn's current head coach is Dan Hurley. He was hired as the Huskies' head coach in 2018, replacing Kevin Ollie, who was fired on March 10, 2018.

No. Tenure Coach Years Record Pct.
— 1900–1908[a]
1910–1913[b]
1914–1915 		no coach 12 42–43 .494
1 1915–1919 John F. Donahue 4 11–23 .324
2 1919–1921 M. R. Swartz 2 14–14 .500
3 1921–1923[c] J. Wilder Tasker 1
(plus 1 game) 		15–15 .500
4 1923–1923[d] Roy J. Guyer 1 8–6 .571
5 1923–1927[e]
1931–1931 		Sumner A. Dole 41⁄2 39–25 .609
6 1927–1931[f] Louis A. Alexander 3+1⁄2 35–19 .648
7 1931–1935[g] John J. Heldman, Jr. 4
(plus 1 game) 		19–42 .311
8 1935–1936[h] J. O. Christian 1 3–10 .231
9 1936–1945 Don White 9 94–59 .614
10 1945–1947[i] Blair Gullion 1+1⁄2 15–8 .652
11 1947–1963[j] Hugh Greer 16 285–112 .718
12 1963–1963[k] George Wigton 1⁄2 11–4 .733
13 1963–1967 Fred Shabel 4 72–29 .713
14 1967–1969 Burr Carlson 2 16–32 .333
15 1969–1977 Dee Rowe 8 120–88 .577
16 1977–1986 Dom Perno 9 139–91 .604
17 1986–2012 Jim Calhoun 26 629–245 .720
18 2012–2018[l] Kevin Ollie 6 113–79 .589
19 2018–present Dan Hurley 6 141–58 .709
Totals 19 coaches 121 seasons 1,805–980 .648
Records updated through end of 2023–24 season
  1. ^ Connecticut did not field a team during the 1908–09 and 1909–10 seasons.
  2. ^ Connecticut did not field a team during the 1913–14 season.
  3. ^ J. Wilder Tasker resigned in January 1923 after the first game of the 1922–23 season.
  4. ^ Roy J. Guyer became head coach in January 1923 after J. Wilder Tasker resigned in January 1923 after the first game of the 1922–23 season.
  5. ^ Sumner A. Dole coached the remainder of the 1930–31 season after Louis A. Alexander left in mid-season.
  6. ^ Louis A. Alexander left the head coaching position in the middle of the 1930–31 season.
  7. ^ John J. Heldman, Jr., left the head coaching position after the first game of the 1935–36 season.
  8. ^ After John J. Heldman, Jr., left the head coaching position after the first game of the 1935–36 season, J. O. Christian coached the team for the rest of the season.
  9. ^ Blair Gullion resigned halfway through the 1946–47 season.
  10. ^ Hugh Greer became head coach after Blair Gullion resigned halfway through the 1946–47 season. Greer died in January 1963, halfway through the 1962–63 season. Greer's 16-season total includes 15 full seasons between 1947 and 1962 and two half-seasons, in 1946–47 and 1962–63.
  11. ^ An assistant coach when Hugh Greer died halfway through the 1962–63 season in January 1963, George Wigton coached the Huskies for the rest of the season.
  12. ^ All of UConn's wins during the 2017–18 season were vacated due to recruiting violations. Ollie's career won-lost record at UConn includes the official 0–18 record for that season.

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